Chaos. To engineers, it has meant that their systems were at risk, and they did their best to engineer chaos out of them. “It used to be a nuisance. Engineers would avoid it at all costs,” said Steven H. Strogatz, Cornell associate professor of theoretical and applied mechanics.
Cornell scientists report the accurate characterization of a sample representing 1 percent of the protein in a single red blood cell using electrospray mass spectrometry – a feat that opens the door to a wide area of basic medical exploration.
Humpback whales seem not to be bothered as they swim near a scaled-down version of the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate underwater speakers that produce a sound some critics fear would harm them, a Cornell team of biologists has reported to the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Scientists led by a Cornell chemist have determined the structure of a key protein that binds to a powerful immunosuppressive agent, opening the door to improved cancer treatments and human gene therapy.
A new, essentially inexhaustible source of energy for the 21st century may result from experiments under way at Cornell University's Laboratory for Plasma Studies.
Children who do not consistently live with two biological parents are only half as likely to ever attend a selective college, even after researchers take into account factors such as income and parent education, according to a new Cornell study.
Like a personal ad proclaiming: "Tall, good looking, disease-free," brightly colored male animals are advertising something of importance to their prospective mates. Should the female assume the gaudiest male has parasite-resistance genes that will benefit her offspring?
Scientists and engineers have waged a long war on the Eurasian watermilfoil, a non-indigenous water weed that diminishes swimming, boating and the environment. Using standard mechanical means of harvesting the milfoil, winning the war looked bleak, but environmentally friendly biological control may be the answer.
